On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
>> *>> On 2/18/2025 3:11 AM, Quentin Anciaux wroteYou’re misrepresenting my >> example. There are still only two possible outcomes per trial—seeing 0 or >> seeing 1. The key difference is that the number of observers in each >> outcome is not equal, which is precisely what happens in MWI due to the >> wavefunction amplitudes.* > > > *Which would work IF branch counting works. But as JKC showed branch > counting can't work.* *Yes, b**ranch counting won't work, the fundamental reason why is that the splitting is a continuous process and its “grain” depends on how coarse‐grain your description of "a universe" is. However what WILL WORK is assigning each branch a weight (or if you prefer a "thickness") equal to the squared amplitude of its component in the universal wavefunction. That way the total weight or thickness of the multiverse remains constant, the number of universes keeps increasing but each individual universe makes a smaller and smaller contribution to the entire Multiverse. * * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* cef -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3yc3LOvr3KuqD0X8yLwhCv39O6yA1TmKdoPfQ7A1Xw9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
